Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderAnother example of the Nash equilibrium being worse than the group optimum is some examples of Tragedy of the Commons, things like overfishing. It's possible to create a model that shows that a more regulated environment leads to more fish per individual than the Nash equilibrium. I don't think it's appreciated enough that some forms of regulation actually do make things better for everyone, and that acting only in one's own self-interest can lead to results that are provably worse…
Taken to the extreme, if you made such a dense network of roads that it was effectively just one giant paved surface, then I think it's obvious that it'd be inefficient since everyone is barging through trying to go in their own straight line and getting in each other's way. In that case, adding barriers and one-way lanes would intuitively speed up people's journeys. So perhaps Braess's paradox is only unintuitive for simple cases that are very close to our…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 237
- Total comments
- 152
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-15 | Braess' paradox: adding a new road to a city can slow down traffic | Thorondor | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-10-16 | Braess' paradox: adding a new road to a city can slow down trafficFirst breakout | Thorondor | 98 | 61 |
| 2017-01-08 | Braess’ paradoxBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | dedalus | 136 | 91 |
| 2025-09-10 | Braess' Paradox | Jimmc414 | 2 | 0 |